The Olympic Odyssey of Former Rice Swimmer Ginny Farmer

Farmer made it to the Olympic Games 10 years after her Rice career.

The Olympic Odyssey of Former Rice Swimmer Ginny Farmer

8/17/2008 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving

Aug. 16, 2008

She may not have won any medals in swimming this week at the Olympic Games, but after she helped save lives in American Samoa by teaching swimming and water safety to the people of that island nation (especially the country's children), Rice University thinks former Owl Ginny Farmer (1997) is as good as gold. LINK HERE to read Jerome Solomon's Houston Chronicle column detailing how it was Farmer's post-Rice career that ended up bringing her all the way to Beijing where she competed against the world's elite.